Vehicle-axle.



PATENTED 0012.2;1906. M. R. BRUNER. 'VEHICLE AXLB.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1906.

WJTNESSES.-

llorney UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

MARTIN R. BRUNER, OF WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

VEHICLE-AXLE.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN R.v BRUNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at IVapakoneta, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Axles and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, ref- -erence being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of vehicle-axlesconstructed of sheetsteel bent into shape; and the object thereof is toprovide a light, durable, and strong axle in which the greatest strengthwill be near the center thereof and possessing increased effectivenessin sustaining the load.

The invention consists in a metal axle constructed substantially asshown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of a metal vehicle-axleconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-section, onan enlarged scale, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the axle, constructed ofsheet-steel and bent to form the bottom L and sides b c and having atits ends the spindles B, which are integral therewith and formed bybending the Vmetal into shape. Upon-the spindles B are the inner halvesof skeins, as indicated at d, and e is the dust-cup, said skeins `havingthe flanged extensions f, which engage the under side of the axle andserve to reinforce the axle at. the ends thereof to increase itsstrength. y

The axle-cap C, which extends over the open part or top of the axle, hasdownwardlyextendingflanges g, which lap the sides of the axle, and theseflanges increase in width in a direction toward the center thereof togive the greatest strength where most required. .The increased Width ofthe side flanges g against the sides of the axle form together a doublethickness, which provides great strength at or near the center of theaxle, and as the flanges decrease in width in the direction of the endsthereof great lightness is se- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 3, 1906. Serial No. 299,348,

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

cured. The ends of the cap C terminate in hoods D, which extend over thedust-cups e, and said ends are held to the axle by bolts h, which extendtherethrough and through the axle, and the flanged extension f, With anut t, engages the screw-threaded end of the bolt. The axle-cap O issecured to the axle at or near its center by means of suitable bolts orrivets extending through holes y' in the sides of the axle and theflanges of the cap, so as to prevent the flanges from springing out fromthe'axle, and forming a secure connection between said axle and cap.

The sand-plate E has downwardly-extending flanges k, which embrace thesides of the axle-cap O and are secured thereto in any suitable manner.The sand-plate E is formed with a cup-shaped opening l for theking-bolt, said kin -bolt passing down through holes in the ax e-cap andaxle. In having the interior Wall of the opening l flaring outwardly theking-bolt when extending through the o ening will not come in contactwith said WalI thereby reducing the friction thereon.

, Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A vehicle-axle constructed of sheet-steel and a cap extending oversaid axle and embracing the sides thereof, said cap havingdownwardly-extending flanges increasing in width in a direction towardthe center of the axle, the cap terminating in hoods, substantially asand for the purpose described.

2. A vehicle-axle constructed of sheet-steel, a cap therefor havingdownwardly-extending flanges embracing the sides thereof and increasingin Width in a direction toward the center of the axle,'said capterminating at its ends in hoods, and a sand-plate having a cupshapedopening and secured over the axlecap., substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN R. BRUNER. Witnesses:

T. H. HUBBARD,

JOHN L. FLETCHER.

